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Document 62004TO0113
Order of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 12 December 2007. # Atlantic Container Line AB and Others v Commission of the European Communities. # Enforcement of a judgment of the Court of First Instance - Repayment of the costs of bank guarantees provided in order to defer payment of a fine imposed by the Commission and subsequently annulled by the Court of First Instance - Action for annulment and damages - Non-contractual liability of the Community - No direct causal link between the allegedly unlawful conduct of the institution and the damage claimed. # Case T-113/04.
Order of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 12 December 2007.
Atlantic Container Line AB and Others v Commission of the European Communities.
Enforcement of a judgment of the Court of First Instance - Repayment of the costs of bank guarantees provided in order to defer payment of a fine imposed by the Commission and subsequently annulled by the Court of First Instance - Action for annulment and damages - Non-contractual liability of the Community - No direct causal link between the allegedly unlawful conduct of the institution and the damage claimed.
Case T-113/04.
Order of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 12 December 2007.
Atlantic Container Line AB and Others v Commission of the European Communities.
Enforcement of a judgment of the Court of First Instance - Repayment of the costs of bank guarantees provided in order to defer payment of a fine imposed by the Commission and subsequently annulled by the Court of First Instance - Action for annulment and damages - Non-contractual liability of the Community - No direct causal link between the allegedly unlawful conduct of the institution and the damage claimed.
Case T-113/04.
Thuarascálacha na Cúirte Eorpaí 2007 II-00171*
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2007:377
- Date of document:
- 12/12/2007
- Date lodged:
- 19/03/2004
- Author:
- Cúirt Ghinearálta
- Country or organisation from which the request originates:
- An Ríocht Aontaithe, Tríú tíortha, An tSualainn
- Form:
- Ordú
- Authentic language:
- Béarla
- Type of procedure:
- Caingean le haghaidh neamhniú - gan bhunús, Caingean le haghaidh neamhniú - neamh-inghlactha, Caingean chun cúiteamh a ghnóthú - gan bhunús
- Applicant:
- Duine príobháideach
- Defendant:
- Institiúidí agus comhlachtaí an Aontais Eorpaigh, An Coimisiún Eorpach
- Judge-Rapporteur:
- Jaeger
- Treaty:
- Conradh ag bunú Chomhphobal Eacnamaíochta na hEorpa
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- Notes relating to the decision:
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- 1. Barbier de La Serre, Éric: Remboursement des frais d'une garantie bancaire constituée pour éviter le paiement d'une amende, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2008 nº 15 p.83-84
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Order of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 12 December 2007 – Atlantic Container Line and Others v Commission
(Case T-113/04)
Enforcement of a judgment of the Court of First Instance – Repayment of the costs of bank guarantees provided in order to defer payment of a fine imposed by the Commission and subsequently annulled by the Court of First Instance – Action for annulment and damages – Non‑contractual liability of the Community – No direct causal link between the allegedly unlawful conduct of the institution and the damage claimed
1. Actions for annulment – Judgment annulling a measure – Effects – Obligation to implement – No remedy based on Articles 220 EC and 233 EC – Possibility for parties to argue their rights on the basis of Articles 230 EC and 232 EC (Arts 220 EC, 230 EC, 232 EC and 233 EC) (see paras 22-23)
2. Non-contractual liability – Conditions – Unlawfulness – Damage – Causal link – Meaning – Costs of a bank guarantee arising from an undertaking’s choice not to pay the fine imposed by the Commission – No direct causal link (EC Treaty, Arts 185 and 192, first para. (now Arts 242 EC and 256, first para., EC); Art. 288, second para., EC) (see paras 31-40)
3. Actions for annulment – Judgment annulling a measure – Effects – Judgment annulling the fine imposed on an undertaking for infringement of the competition rules or reducing the amount of the fine – Obligation to implement – Scope – Repayment of the sum unduly paid and payment of default interest – Included – Costs of bank guarantee – Not included (Art. 233 EC) (see paras 58-65)
Re:
| APPLICATION, first, for annulment of the Commission letter of 6 January 2004 refusing to repay the costs of the bank guarantees which the applicants entered into following the imposition of fines by Commission Decision 1999/243/EC of 16 September 1998 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Articles 85 and 86 of the EC Treaty (now Articles 81 EC and 82 EC) (Case No IV/35.134 – Trans‑Atlantic Conference Agreement) (OJ 1999 L 95, p. 1), annulled by judgment of the Court of First Instance of 30 September 2003 in Joined Cases T‑191/98 and T‑212/98 to T‑214/98 | Atlantic Container Line and Others | v | Commission | [2003] ECR II‑3275, and, secondly, for damages seeking repayment of those costs. |
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders the applicants to pay the costs. |
